Tag Archives: Willem de Kooning

The Arts Seen in NYC (Joan Miró’s ‘Birth of the World’ Edition)

Posted on March 14, 2019 by Campaign Outsider

Well the Missus and I trundled down to the Big Town to go a-museuming this past weekend and say, it was swell. Having successfully fought our way down a Friday I-95, navigated the obstacle course from the FDR Drive crosstown … Continue reading →

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Steve Mnuchin’s Dad Ran an Ad in the New York Times

Posted on May 1, 2018 by Campaign Outsider

Well the hardworking staff was leafing through the New York Times yesterday and what did we come across but this quarter-page ad in the A section. Of course that got us to wondering: Mnuchin Gallery – any relation to Treasury … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alexander Calder, Francis Bacon, Government Sachs, Jeff Koons, Jerry Saltz, Joshua Green, Louise Bourgeois, Mark Rothko, Medium, Mnuchin Gallery, New York magazine, Reds, Steve Mnuchin, Upper East Side Patch, Willem de Kooning, Yayoi Kusama | Leave a comment

Dead Blogging ‘Leap Before You Look’ at the ICA

Posted on October 18, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

Well the Missus and I trundled downtown yesterday to catch Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College 1933-1957 at Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art and say, it was . . . actually accessible. As I’ve mentioned before, I’m not really smart … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alexander Reed, Anni Albers, Asheville, Black Mountain College, Boston Globe, Buckminster Fuller, Carol Kino, Charles Olson, Elaine de Kooning, Gwendolyn Lawrence, ICA, Institute of Contemporary Art, Jacob Lawrence, John Cage, Josef Albers, Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College 1933-1957, Merce Cunningham, Robert Creeley, Robert Motherwell, Robert Rauschenberg, Ruth Asawa, Sebastian Smee, Wall Street Journal, Watchmaker, Willem de Kooning | 1 Comment

Auction House Bakeoff in NYT!

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

It’s art auction season in the Big Town, and the Big Houses are having a swell donnybrook in the ad pages of the New York Times. What follows is a representative sample from Sunday’s Grey Lady. Start with Southeby’s. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alberto Giacometti, Andy Warhol, Christie's, Elizabeth Taylor, Heritage Auction, Leroy Neiman, Phillips, Roy Lichtenstein, Southeby's, Wayne Thiebaud, Willem de Kooning | 1 Comment

Dead Blogging ‘American Vanguards’ At The Addison Gallery

Posted on October 21, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

So the Missus and I trundled up to Andover yesterday to catch the American Vanguards: Graham, Davis, Gorky, De Kooning, and Their Circle, 1927-1942 at the Addison Gallery of American Art. And it’s a corker. John Graham, Stuart Davis, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Addison Gallery of American Art, American Modernism, American Vanguards, Andover, David Smith, Edgar Levy, Jackson Pollack, Jan Matulka, John Graham, Stuart Davis, Willem de Kooning | 2 Comments

Scene In The Big Town (II)

Posted on October 16, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Still in the Big Town, still iPadlocked so no links or graphics. Highlights: * De Kooning: A Retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art (through 1/9/12). The great abstract expressionist Willem de Kooning is considered by some to be the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Evolution in Action, Frank Langella, Hans Hoffman, Lee Krasner, Man and Boy, Mark Rothko, Michael Rosenfeld, MOMA, Occupy Times Square, Occupyniks, Terence Rattigan's, Will Barnett, Willem de Kooning | Leave a comment